Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Nutrition of Premature infants after Discharge
MONATSSCHR KINDERH. 2012; 160(5): 491-+.
Doi: 10.1007/s00112-011-2618-9
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- In 2006 the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) published recommendations for the nutrition of premature infants after discharge. Based on these recommendations and according to the currently available evidence, the Nutrition Committee and the Neonatology Task Force of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine have formulated a position paper for feeding premature infants after hospital discharge. The aim is to support optimal growth of premature infants and also to avoid overfeeding and the associated negative long-term consequences. Therefore an individual feeding regimen according to the growth pattern until discharge is useful and necessary. Infants with appropriate growth during hospital stay should receive fortified breast milk or postdischarge formulas until term corrected for prematurity. Premature infants with poor growth during hospital stay should receive fortified breast milk or postdischarge formulas until the corrected 52nd week of gestation. Feeding of fortified breast milk or breastfeeding should always be the preferred source of nutrition in contrast to formulas. In addition all premature infants should receive iron and multivitamin supplements at least during the first half year of life.